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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - The Akha Way 1988-1990.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Li-yan's father learn when they arrive at the tea collection center?
(a) They went to the tea collection center on the wrong day.
(b) The tea collection center is closed and they have to return the next day.
(c) They are too late and receive only half the regular price for their tea.
(d) They have the wrong type of tea.

2. Li-yan is the first in her family to do what?
(a) Reach such a high level in primary school.
(b) Witness the birth of a child.
(c) Go to school.
(d) Own land.

3. What is every woman expected to do after she gives birth?
(a) Clean her whole house to purify it.
(b) Give sacrifices to please the spirits.
(c) Bathe her baby.
(d) Get up and go back to work.

4. What language do the children in Teacher Zhang's school want to learn?
(a) Mandarin.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Akha.
(d) Cantonese.

5. What skill does Li-yan struggle to learn?
(a) Weaving mats.
(b) Needlework.
(c) Planting tea.
(d) Making sticky rice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Li-yan lie about her dream?

2. Why is Teacher Zhang sometimes bitter?

3. Where is Li-yan seated when she goes to second-level school?

4. What does A-ma call her daughter?

5. What is the one good omen when Deh-ja goes into labor?

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